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French fries are not coated with flour. They are potatoes that are cut into fries and then fried in oil.
McDonald's french fries are exactly that, fried french-cut potatoes.
No, French Fries are potatoes that have been cut lengthwise into strips and deep fried until golden.
If you wonder where housewives are taking the French fries from, they actually buy them deep-frozen from the supermarket, or cut them out of fresh potatoes.
They are called french fries because of the way they are cut and the way they are cooked. In cooking, a long thin cut is called a french cut, and then of course they are fried, so you get french fries. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they were once called french cut fried potatoes and it just got shortened along the way.
The term "French" in French fries really refers to julienne-cut potatoes (i.e., long thin potatoes). Most accounts of the origin of French fries say that they originated in Belgium--though in fact similar dishes have been common throughout the world for eons.
They aren't grown.The potatoes used in them are grown,and then cut up and fried.
Assuming you mean French Fries, they are fried potatoes. While they have been made in many places, Belgium, France and Spain all have some claim to being the place of origin of "French" fries.
Yes, what Americans refer to as french fries are known in England as chips.
This is another "food invention" story that probably has no firm answer because the frying of potatoes did not suddenly happen one day. With such a basic procedure, it may have taken a while to become popular or mainstream, but it didn't happen overnight. See link below for a few of the rumors of its first appearance.
They are called French fries because "to french something" is to cut it into thin slices. The French themselves don't call their fries "French".
French fries are both. You have processed fries, and you have natural cut fries. Processed fries go through many processes and machinery to get as good tasting as they are. Natural cut fries are just sliced and put in the oven, such as Wendy's fries or home fries.